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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LAUDERDALE
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 76,475 5,694 2,861 2,833 1,131
WHITE 48,338 3,031 1,484 1,547 607
NONWHITE 28,137 2,663 1,377 1,286 524
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 194 2 64 128 68 0 17 51 126 2 47 77
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 27 0 7 20 4 0 0 4 23 0 7 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 0 14 18 4 0 1 3 28 0 13 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 158 2 58 98 36 0 11 25 122 2 47 73
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 46 0 6 40 9 0 0 9 37 0 6 31
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 54 0 7 47 12 0 0 12 42 0 7 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 6 8 3 0 0 3 11 0 6 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.1 0.7 67.8 (15-19) 22.4 0.0 44.0 (15-19) 47.3 1.4 96.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.6 0.0 0.0 31.2 14.7 0.0 0.0 19.6 23.8 0.0 0.0 39.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 33 7 11 15 15 2 6 7 18 5 5 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 170.1 3500 171.9 117.2 220.6 . 352.9 137.2 142.8 2500 106.4 103.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 231 9 75 147 84 2 23 59 147 7 52 88
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.6 3.1 78.4 (15-19) 27.7 1.3 53.0 (15-19) 55.2 5.1 108.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
